Andy Warhol
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(Pittsburgh 1928–1987 New York)
Ladies and gentlemen, 1975, signed, dated and numbered TP 1/1 on the reverse; stamped The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation of the visual Arts Inc. with number PT055K UT012 in pencil on the reverse, screenprint on Arches paper, 111.3 x 73.2 cm, framed
This work is an unique trial proof (this work varies from the standard edition only in colour).
Printed by Alexander Heinrici, New York. Published by Luciano Anselmino, Milan
Provenance:
European Private Collection
Literature:
F. Feldmann, J. Schellmann, C. Defendi, Andy Warhol: prints: a catalogue raisonné 1962 – 1987, Distributed Art Publisher, New York 2003, compare p. 91, no. II.135 (this exemplar is a rare colour variation and it is not illustrated)
In 1975 Warhol sent his friend Bob Colacello to the club ‘The Gilded Grape’ in search of models to pose for him. The drag queen performers were paid 50$ for the project and were never told their patron was Warhol, until they arrived at the Factory. The resulting series of exuberant portraits was entitled ‘Ladies and Gentlemen’.
Specialist: Alessandro Rizzi
Alessandro Rizzi
+39-02-303 52 41
alessandro.rizzi@dorotheum.it
26.11.2020 - 16:00
- Estimate:
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EUR 30,000.- to EUR 50,000.-
Andy Warhol
(Pittsburgh 1928–1987 New York)
Ladies and gentlemen, 1975, signed, dated and numbered TP 1/1 on the reverse; stamped The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation of the visual Arts Inc. with number PT055K UT012 in pencil on the reverse, screenprint on Arches paper, 111.3 x 73.2 cm, framed
This work is an unique trial proof (this work varies from the standard edition only in colour).
Printed by Alexander Heinrici, New York. Published by Luciano Anselmino, Milan
Provenance:
European Private Collection
Literature:
F. Feldmann, J. Schellmann, C. Defendi, Andy Warhol: prints: a catalogue raisonné 1962 – 1987, Distributed Art Publisher, New York 2003, compare p. 91, no. II.135 (this exemplar is a rare colour variation and it is not illustrated)
In 1975 Warhol sent his friend Bob Colacello to the club ‘The Gilded Grape’ in search of models to pose for him. The drag queen performers were paid 50$ for the project and were never told their patron was Warhol, until they arrived at the Factory. The resulting series of exuberant portraits was entitled ‘Ladies and Gentlemen’.
Specialist: Alessandro Rizzi
Alessandro Rizzi
+39-02-303 52 41
alessandro.rizzi@dorotheum.it
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Auction: | Contemporary Art II |
Auction type: | Saleroom auction with Live Bidding |
Date: | 26.11.2020 - 16:00 |
Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
Exhibition: | online |